Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 25, 2020

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    BE THIS GUY  about 4 years ago

    Ingemar Johansson found out that strategy worked only the first time in his 3 fights against Floyd Patterson.

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    Martin I  about 4 years ago

    Make it count

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    Bilan  about 4 years ago

    The best method to keep people from shooting at you is to not shoot at them first.

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    retrocool  about 4 years ago

    not a bad idea.

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    hariseldon59  about 4 years ago

    Just noticed that the Chinese New Year begins today. 2020 is the Year of the Rat. Rat will be quite pleased.

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    Sherlock Watson  about 4 years ago

    There was once a warmongering ruler who signed, then violated, treaties. Things ended badly for him.

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    GabryelFrost  about 4 years ago

    Rat is a French royalist !

    “During the period of the Ancien Régime, starting in the early 17th century, the royal standard of France became a plain white flag… The white color was also used as a symbol of military command, by the commanding officer of a French army…During the Bourbon Restoration, the white flag replaced the Tricolore, which by then was seen as a symbol of regicide…It was finally abandoned in 1830, with the July Revolution, with the definitive use of the blue, white and red flag.” Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flag#Ancien_R%C3%A9gime_in_France

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    B UTTONS  about 4 years ago

    Rat’s national motto: don’t shoot until you see the white of their eyes.

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    Breadboard  about 4 years ago

    Well at least Rat is planning ahead of time :-) … Croc Power !

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    asrialfeeple  about 4 years ago

    You dirty RAT! You killed my army.

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    Plumbob Wilson  about 4 years ago

    It only has to work once. Then we could concentrate on battling our mortal enemies, ourselves.

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    Tom  about 4 years ago

    Actually, this was a favorite trick of the Native Americans. Many a settler met his death falling for it.

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    Zebrastripes  about 4 years ago

    I’m with GOAT!

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    Sephten  about 4 years ago

    It worked for the Boers in the South African Wars. Tactically, not strategically.

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    sykerocker  about 4 years ago

    Not quite. The 18th century French flag was white. Nobody ever assumed the were a peaceful nationality, especially after XIV’s reign.

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    Ellis97  about 4 years ago

    That country is doomed.

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    HarryLime Premium Member about 4 years ago

    My uncle suggested organizing a “militant moderate” group, whose main focus would be moderation in all things. And he said “if people don’t agree, we’ll shoot them!”

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    beindevine  about 4 years ago

    OMG…. I’m afraid President 45 will now want to do this….

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    waes-hael  about 4 years ago

    Stainless Banner, anyone..?

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    Dr. Whom   about 4 years ago

    When I visited the French colonial fort of Ft Luxembourg in Nova Scotia, they said the reason that “raising the white flag” is regarded as a surrender is that the way Europeans signaled a desire to “parley” was by raising the other side’s flag. A parley was usually a prelude to surrender. In the 18th century, the French king’s flag was plain white, & the French won so often that raising their flag took over as the parley signal, eventually morphing into a surrender signal. Anyway, that was their story…

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    DCBakerEsq  about 4 years ago

    When I have my own nation, The Free State of Dave, we’ll have a big red button. And, rarely push it.

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    marilynnbyerly  about 4 years ago

    Wow, I’m the first the mention THE MOUSE THAT ROARED.

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    WCraft Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Wow – this strip could’ve gone wrong in so many ways. Except for the usual Trump jokes, thankfully it didn’t.

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    asmbeers  about 4 years ago

    (The best method to keep people from shooting at you is to not shoot at them first.) Shall we explore recent history and see how that philosophy has worked out? How about every school shooting, San Bernardino, the Florida gay club, and then the one that frustrated every gungrabber out there, the Texas Church.

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    willie_mctell  about 4 years ago

    Rat should realize that that tactic only works once or twice. Word gets around.

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    zeexenon  about 4 years ago

    One down and a hundred to go.

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    Sisyphos  about 4 years ago

    Play your cards right, Illustrious Grand Leader Rat, and “once” will be enough….

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    mklange Premium Member about 4 years ago

    … and the second panel never works.

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    PBS1!  about 4 years ago

    I know Rat is characterized as a jerk, but this time he’s gone too far!

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    chimmy Premium Member about 4 years ago

    In fact, the Taliban’s flag IS white. I saw it on last week’s PBS’ Frontline.

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    Future Reuben Recipient  about 4 years ago

    If i founded my own country, Its flag would be the same as Poland, but with a communism symbol, and a wiener dog with Elon Musk’s head. Then the national sport would be Croquevoleytchukefootboxmcsoccerbasket. (If you want to learn how to play, join my discord server and I’ll ive you the rules.)

    This is it.https://disboard.org/server/639140733177167872

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    899933  about 4 years ago

    WHITE FLAG WHITE FLAG THEN BOOOOOOOMMMMM

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    Darth Revan II  over 2 years ago

    Brilliant.

    Any Sith who use this site, change the Sith Empire’s flag to plain white.

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